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The Space Shuttle:A Look Back and A
Look AheadAerospace Education Presentation
Arlington Composite Squadron16 November 2011
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Goals for tonightReview the history of the Space Shuttle Program
Understand the components of the Space Transportation System
Talk about successes and failures
Discuss what the Space Shuttle Program has meant and what the future may bring for U.S space flight
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HistoryA 1972 concept!
The Nixon administration sought the next step for the U.S. space program
Mars was too expensive
Decided on a reusable spacecraft for low earth orbit
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Shuttle Compone
ntsExternal Tank
Solid RocketBoosters
Orbiter
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The Orbiters
Enterprise Columbia Challenger
Discovery Atlantis Endeavour
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Launch Sites
Launch Complex 39Kennedy Space Center, FL
Space Launch Complex 6Vandenberg AFB, CA(Never Used)
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Landing Sites
Shuttle Landing FacilityKennedy Space Center, FL
Rogers Dry Lake BedEdwards AFB, CA
White Sands Space HarborWhite Sands, NM(Used once)
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Awesome Successes
Hubble
MMU
Space Station
SpacelabMir
TDRSS
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Tragic Losses
ChallengerJanuary 1986
ColumbiaFebruary 2003
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Imitation is the most sincere form
of flattery
Soviet Buran shuttle flew once
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Rare Sight: 2 Shuttles
Preparing for Launch
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Fantastic legacy, but what’s next?
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The only ways to get a person to
orbit today…
Shenzhou (China) Soyuz (Russia)
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Some Possibilities
NASA Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle
Virgin Galactic SS2 and WK2SpaceX Dragon
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Backup Slides
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Trivia
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More Trivia
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One More Bit of Trivia